Digital Still Art

Photoshop Basics:
Start> Photoshop > File > New
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Opening a new Photoshop document
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Photoshop tools

Photoshop tools video

Challenge: Find an image with an animal (appropriate for school)
Use at least 6 tools to modify this image
You must use at least 2 days and carefully edit this image
Suggestions: Use the paint bucket to fill in a part of the image; crop down the image;
select a part of the image an smudge it; make a [[#|stamp]]; etc!

















Modern Art
How to make an image look like a [[#|modern art painting]]
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Choose either image, right click, save image as, save image to your desktop
Open Photoshop
File, browse in bridge, desktop, click on your image and your image should now be in photoshop

Step 2

Choose Layer > Duplicate to duplicate the layer. We'll keep the original Background layer untouched. It's important to keep a copy of the original image in its own layer so that whenever you need to access that image, you'll have a copy of it.
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Step 3

To create the outlines, choose Filter > Stylize > Find Edges. Your image should have an effect like the image shown below.
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Step 4

Now choose Filter > Other > Minimum. This filter is used to thicken the dark lines.
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Step 5

FILTER > Cutout. To add an artistic effect, we'll use the cutout filter which applies a vector-like effect to the image. In this case, we'll use the cutout filter to add some randomness to the edges so that they don't look like a bunch of squares.
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Step 6

Now we'll add a subtle [[#|lighting]] effect to the image to make it look more dynamic. Select the Background layer then press Ctrl+J to duplicate it. Move the new layer that you just duplicate to the top.
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Step 6 continued....
Then, select the new layer and change the blending mode to Overlay.
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This is what the image looks like so far with this new layer added.
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Step 7

Choose Filter > Artistic > Palette Knife. This will add a nice paint brush texture to the image.
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You should now have a final result resembling this type of change.....

Before and After

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Free Online Classes



Gradient and Silhouettes


Silhouettes and Gradients
For those of you who want to try something on your own, challenge yourself with this tutorial. It give step by step instructions on how to create a black and white gradient and silhouette effect! Very cool for tshirts and dramatic effect
Helicopter Sunset
Sunset Soldiers


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Pre-Halloween Project Tutorial

Wintery Scene Tutorial
Image 1> cut from background > start new canvas
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sharpen her up a bit by duplicating her layer and going to Filter / Other / High Pass set the Radius to around 8.0.
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Image 2> Add Branches >
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Add Some Texture Vintage White Textures

Add a white gradient to the bottom:

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Add Light around girl > New Layer > Large Soft White Brush at her shoulders
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To create snow: experiment with brushes and change pixels
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